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Bright Balanced Tone Not too bad. I usually use the 80/20 type of strings because I like the mellower tone. On my Breedlove guitar (spruce top with solid rose wood back and sides) these strings have a bright but balance tone. I usually stray away from the bright sounding strings, because they sound a little tiny…or at least the ones I have tried. These are too bad. I probably won’t use them on my Breedlove any more, BUT I definitely will put them on my resonator. I have a set of Ernie Ball Aluminum Bronze…

If you don’t like the sound of new strings, try these I’ve always hated the garish, bright, overbearing sound of new strings. This was not a problem with strings in the past, and is less so a problem with 80/20 bronze, but it’s a huge issue with strings today. Phosphor bronze strings are popular, rightly so, and sound great, but for me personally, I hate how they sound out of the box, and I hate waiting for them to break in. This problem is even more pronounced with coated strings. Martin’s coated strings are the worst offenders, and the issue…

Balanced tone and feel These strings look like nickel electric guitar strings, but they’re actually a nickel-bronze alloy. They look a lot like the GHS White Bronze strings I used to use on my archtops, and they have a similar sound: Bright, without being clangly or metallic sounding. It’s a rich, full, sound, like a set of 80/20 strings strings that have been on a guitar for a few days. I put this set on my Taylor Big Baby as it had the oldest set of any of my guitars and I was pleased with the result. The Big Baby…